Example sentences of "[noun prp] it [vb past] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is Eastern European in origin , and when I was in Hungary it seemed that every back garden was devoted to growing a mixture of dill and poppies . |
| 2 | In the early days of July it seemed that the president 's plan could not fail : the leaders of every mainstream party joined the ‘ Yes ’ campaign , leaving opposition in the hands of an unholy alliance between the Fascists and Communists . |
| 3 | To Nkrumah it seemed that the British — and also the United States and France — were behaving in a devious and cynical fashion , pretending to uphold the UN but in reality sanctioning the separatist regime of Tshombe in Katanga . |
| 4 | When he landed on 20 October it seemed that the magic of Uncle Ho had not faded . |
| 5 | But in mid-February it complained that a fifth of primary schools are offering sub-standard teaching in reading . |
| 6 | By the end of August it seemed that the revolt was over . |
| 7 | For Mrs Whitehouse it seemed that the Church was under a concerted attack and that , if it was not vigorously defended , then there would be nothing to prevent ‘ the tide of permissiveness ’ or the advance of the ‘ new morality ’ . |
| 8 | In East Suffolk it appeared that the Ipswich branch could provide a nucleus around which another successful enterprise might be constructed . |
| 9 | Just at the time when , in Rome , Pope Alexander III was preparing to canonize Thomas Becket it seemed that the prestige of Becket 's old opponent was reaching still greater heights . |